Mostly offline this week, enjoying vacation time with family. I did want to post this, though; it’s another facet of what I’ve been working on lately that is coming out at Your Warriors’ Heart in September. This is the beginning of something wonderful, and I’m not at all sure where it will take me….

Please do leave a comment or send an email; I’d love to hear how this affects you.

The Conference for Men was life changing. I've done a lot of transformational work: bodyworker for 20 years, a martial artist for over 25…Intensive trainings and experiences are not new.

This is one of the inflection points in my life.

Other people have shared betterthanI the information passed along that weekend. It was incredibly useful, and some of it went in really deeply.

What struck me the most, what I took with me was not what I learned, but what I am. The holding of space, the exercises, the experience were set up so that our action, repeatedly, over and over, invited us to show up, invited us to feel, invited us to have a different relationship with the men around us and the man inside us.

That experience, that habit, that perspective, that feeling of being in the world in a different way...THAT was the gift for me because I am now a different person in my marriage, with my kids, in my work, in my life.

Information I can forget; I will not forget the look in my brothers eyes or the open hearts that I felt, the support that was given endlessly, freely, with joy, without reservation or conditions. I will not forget the intensity of the emotions and stories that we now hold for each other so that we do not have to hold them alone.

I cannot forget what I felt and what I feel now as I am home…I’m not back, I came home into a new life.

My deepest gratitude to the men who showed up, and the men who created this, and the tribe that I am now a part of...I've got your back, brothers.

The more we allow ourselves to start from nothing, the more we can see around us and be fully aware of what is actually happening.
The really cool stuff comes from the interplay of a context and a perspective; a unique set of values and sensitivities and history and point of view all on top of each other. When moments pass through this lens, something arises that is so much more complex than our mind can grasp, because there is no outer boundary to context, and there is no limit to the number of ways perspective can unfold.

The best we can do is be awake to our context and our perspective and allow life to shine through unencumbered.

There have been many faces I've shown the world over the years, related to a profession or a particular interest. The time has come in my life and work to begin living from my own story and perspective. Story, metaphor and context are too powerful a force to give away to someone else.

Lots of things, following the seasonal explosion of growth.Portland classes will resume in late June, when I get back.
There will be a few workshops this summer as well. I'll teach one, and I have a few friends in mind, too.
Dan Colageo from Bangor sometime this summer, and yes, Daniil Ryabko from Moscow will be here in October! That one will be an incredible experience, for sure.
I'm gathering material for an online class that will go live sometime this summer.
Many tributaries, one river....
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